Meetings
PROSTAID Calgary generally meets once a month for a General Meeting available free of charge to all. We also support specialized meetings every month for Warriors and Wives & Caregivers groups. We would love to see you there.
September Monthly Meeting
Dr. Linda Carlson on Mindfulness for Managing Cancer-Related Stress
Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 | 7:30PM
Location: CKE Community Centre, 1015 73 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Prostate cancer doesn’t just test your body — it tests your mind. Learn from Dr. Linda Carlson how mindfulness can build resilience, reduce stress, and help you live with greater strength and ease
Dr. Linda Carlson has held the Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology since 2007, is Full Professor in Psychosocial Oncology in the Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology. She is the Director of the Alberta Complementary Therapy and Integrative Oncology (ACTION) Centre (ACTION Centre | My Site (action-centre.ca), and is Director of Research and continues to work as a Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychosocial Resources at Cancer Care Alberta, where she has provided clinical service since 1997.
Dr. Carlson has received a long line of prestigious national and international research and teaching awards throughout her career, highlighted by the Kawano New Investigator Award from the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) in 2006, the inaugural Research Excellence award from the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology in 2010, the Bernard Fox Memorial Award from IPOS in 2019, a Distinguished Scientist award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2023, and the Dr. Rogers Prize in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 2023. She was the President of the Society for Integrative Oncology from 2021-2023, and is Co-Editor-in-Chief for the official IPOS journal: The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice.
Dr. Carlson’s research in Psychosocial Oncology, Integrative Oncology and Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery has been published in many high-impact journals and book chapters, and she published a patient manual in 2011 with Michael Speca entitled: Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: A step-by-step MBSR approach to help you cope with treatment and reclaim your life, in addition to a professional training manual in 2009 (2nd Edition 2017) with Shauna Shapiro entitled The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into psychology and the helping professions. She has published over 250 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters, holds several millions of dollars in grant funding and is regularly invited to present her work at international conferences.
The meeting is in person, but if you’d like to attend virtually, please RSVP in the form below for a custom Zoom link:
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PROSTAID Calgary always meets on the third Wednesday of the month to support those affected by prostate cancer and to deal with health issues and featured topics of discussion.
Our Meetings:
• Always feature a medical guest speaker or healthcare professional.
• Time to share your experiences with others.
• Time to ask questions.
• Are always free and require no advance registration. Just show up and you will be warmly welcomed.
We understand that not everyone can make each and every meeting, so all of our meetings are archived online in video format for our members to explore. Visit our archive here.
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Serving the needs of hormone refractory PROSTAID Calgary members and those who have an interest in management of advanced prostate cancer
Focusing on:
• Networking
• Sharing
• Knowledge and experience in management of advanced disease
• New developments in detection, testing and treatment
• Access to clinical trials
• Providing personal support for each other
Meeting in a less formal setting:
An informal gathering for wives and caregivers affected by the prostate cancer diagnosis of a loved one.